Today's Sports

The Lancaster Bruins opened Region III-AAAA, dropping a tough 1-0 loss to Westwood High School at the Red Hawks’ field in Blythewood on Thursday night.
The game was originally set for Tuesday, but reset due to rain and wet playing conditions.
Lancaster High pitcher Raul Garcia-Mora, who worked six innings, took the loss.
He posted seven strikeouts and allowed no earned runs and two walks.
The Bruins, 3-2 on the season, had four hits on the night – singles from Austin Catoe, Logan Phillips, Buddy Howard and Jarren Taylor.

The Buford Lady Jackets softball team returns a strong cast from the 2017 team, which finished as the Class AA state runner-up last spring.
BHS, 23-6, returns seven starters on the team, which fell to Latta for the Class AA state title after winning the Class AA state crown in 2016.
Veteran coach Lael Allen has a solid group of players back for the new season.
Senior Kristin Wemes, a team veteran, is back at catcher where Hannah Boone will also see playing time.

Buford High School assistant football coach Jeff “Coach Mo” Moyer had an impact on a host of youngsters he taught and coached at BHS over the nine years he was at the eastern Lancaster County high school.
One who has felt Moyer’s lasting influence was former Buford High football star Marcus Brown.
Moyer, 65, lost a battle to brain cancer earlier this week. He was diagnosed the weekend of Feb. 9, and died less than a month later.

GREENVILLE – The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) has named Bob Jones University Bruins women’s basketball player Sha’Ron Brunson to the Division II All-American team.
Brunson was selected by the coaches for first team, becoming the first player in program history to earn first-team recognition. She was also voted as the NCCAA DII South Region Player of the Year.
Brunson, a Lancaster native who played high school basketball at Lancaster High School, is a senior journalism and mass communication major at BJU.

The first race of the 2018 season at Lancaster Motor Speedway is fast approaching.
The new LMS management has decided to make the first race one of the biggest races in years at the half-mile oval.
The 2018 opener will feature a two-day show, March 16-17.
On Friday night, March 16, divisions running will be SECA Crate Late Models paying $1,000 to win, Pure Stock V8 $400, Extreme 4 $400 and the Super Stock.
The SECA Crate Sportsman and Renegade will run heats only on Friday night.

The Buford High School boys varsity opened its soccer season, taking a 3-0 win over Class AAA foe Chester on Monday.
Senior Nate Purser opened the scoring with a goal off a Jesse Black assist.
The Jackets controlled the first half tempo, but couldn’t finish opportunities to leave the match at 1-0.
Early in the second half, Purser scored again on an assist from senior left back Zachary Justice.
In the 65th minute, BHS senior left wing, Juan Gaspar-Luna scored on a ball crossed into the goal area from senior Ben Rhoton.

The Lancaster High School boys tennis team opened defense of its region championship, taking a 5-0 win over Ridge View on Thursday.
Lancaster swept the singles and no doubles were played since RVHS had only six players.

The Buford High School men’s varsity soccer team won its first home match of the season, taking a 3-0 win over Lancaster on Wednesday night.

The match was the first contest on the new artificial turf, installed last summer.

In the first half, BHS senior midfielder Blaine Gossman scored a goal around the 20th minute off an assist from fellow senior Bryton Davis, who had just returned from a serious toe injury suffered in the pre-season Capital City Cup Tournament in Columbia.

The Lancaster High School Lady Bruins softball team, fresh off winning the title in the annual Buford Preseason Softball tournament with a 4-0 run, rolled to a 21-3 win over the Buford Lady Jackets on Wednesday night at the BHS softball field.

Lancaster High senior pitcher Summer Clinton hurled the win, notching two strikeouts in the victory.